RULES FOR A PRETTY
WOMAN is set in present day Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr. Lenita Faulkner
has risen above her dirt-poor beginnings in Madoosa County. She has a thriving obstetrics
and gynecology practice, a nine-year-live-in-lover, Ralph, who she is sure is about to
propose, and a fortune in savings. The evening she is sure Ralph is about to propose, he
skips out on her, taking all of her valuable possessions, all of her money, and raising up
a huge credit card debt.
Lenita is
devastated. But that’s not the end. She discovers that her mother is dying of cancer.
At the lowest part of her once charmed life, Lenita goes home to pay a visit to her
mother. And there she discovers a simple list of rules she penned in elementary school to
help her survive her traumatic school years.
Since Lenita’s
love life is just as troubled, she decides she needs to make a list of relationship rules.
Such as Rule #7: I will never again go fetch the
beer or Rule #2: I will only change to suit
myself. As she meets less-than-desirable men, she adds new rules.
Now if only she
could find the man of her dreams and can have children before it’s too late.
Lenita is very well
developed and I could easily relate to her desire to have a husband and family. I’ve
never been hurt as much as Lenita was with her first lover, but my first breakup was
enough to send me on a tailspin, certain I’d never find the one true love of my life.
Lenita really managed to pull herself together after each devastating loss, managing to
keep hoping and dreaming of Mr. Right.
RULES FOR A PRETTY
WOMAN is the first book by Ms. Francis but it won’t be her last. It gripped my
attention immediately and kept my attention throughout. I read RULES FOR A PRETTY WOMAN in
one sitting. Fans of chick lit are not going to be disappointed by RULES FOR A PRETTY
WOMAN. Pick it up today! $13.95, 308 pages.
Reviewed by Laura
V. Hilton for The Road to Romance
October 31, 2003 |
